Help! Intel Hd Disabled To Run Gtx 560

[teinbits]

Hey Guys!

tried to play Battlefield 3 last night but it kept loading using my shitty Intel HD graphics instead of my GTX 560....

so i went in to control panel and Disabled the Intel HD graphics......then my screen went black! and now thats all it does when i switch the PC on......can anybody advise me on how to resolve this issue??

Thanks in advance!!

Edited October 26, 2011 by teinbits

[oweban]

....i know this might be a silly question, but where have you plugged your monitor into? also, check in BIOS the load-order of the GPU.

[teinbits]

thanks for the reply so fast!

nothings silly mate, im not the biggest wiz with pc's I just bought the rig aswell.

I plugged the monitor in using the blue cable the monitor came with, with the 2 blue nobs on the side and you plug and screw it in.....if you can understand ?

should I try using a HDMI cable from the GPU to Monitor?....i will try that tonight asap.

as for the BIOS you mentioned.....I will have to look it up on google lol I dont know what it is...

Thank you,

[oweban]

All good dude lemme take a pic of something though, this is just an example pc i have here at work, nothing special:

Have you plugged it into the top circle, or the plugs on the bottom one? Also yeah, you'd be using the DSUB connection, that's the old analogue signal. In the picture I've posted, in the bottom circle, the white connection is DVI; MUCH better picture quality.

[teinbits]

had to look att the picture on my phone, wouldnt load on the work pc lol

Im not sure but off the top of my head i think I plugged it in the top connection you circled there......

[Madaz]

Ah this was easily sorted,

The bottom pic is of a dedicated graphics solution, that's where you want to plug your monitor into, preferably using the white cable as cpd mentioned It's DVI (Digital Video Interface)

[oweban]

Yep To use the external video card, you need to plug the monitor into that card. Even if you don't use DVI for now, think about it for the future!

[teinbits]

Magic! much appriciated the help!

looking forward to playing some BF3.....

but as for the DVI cable...... Would HDMI be a better option?

[oweban]

You might get what's called Overscan on your screen; basically what happens is what's displaying on the screen is a little smaller; same resolution, but it leaves a black border around the outside. That's what I was getting anyway; gave me the shits pretty hard. They're both digital connections, so they'll both be perfectly fine. What size monitor do you have, if you don't mind me asking? Anything that's not super-high-res like the new Dell/Apple 27" screens, DVI is fine (also with Dual-Link DVI when you hit that size, or Thunderbolt for those of us using the Apple screen on Macbook Airs )

TL;DR: HDMI = fine but overscan issues, DVI = winner

[EeLeYe]

Isn't hdmi the same as dvi apart from the ability to also have audio?

Also if you we're to play 3D, wouldn't it run through the one hdmi where as you'd need two connections via dvi??

Point is, if you have hdmi, use that connection. The overscan issue is a weird one, though.

[oweban]

Apparently not; I've come across it a few times in fixing machines. A few different cards too; ATi 4870, nVidia 560Ti, and I can't quite remember what the other one was (about 3 years ago now though).

Either way: Try HDMI, and if it has issues, go DVI Cables are cheap enough, anyway. And worst case, if HDMI overscans, then you've got a spare HDMI cable! Whoo!

[teinbits]

haha, im using a 27" full hd LG screen

well i guess ill be off to msy to buy me some hdmi/dvi they are like $6 for 1m cable lol too easy......mate i really hope this solves the issue, as i was pissed last night just buying the pc and all lol

S2 'SAU'

[oweban]

All good dude, enjoy! Post up your specs too so we can see!

[teinbits]

done!

ill take a pic when I get home and list the specs!

cheers,

[Madaz]

I too have also experienced overscan with hdmi but its easily fixed

Both nvidia and ATI's software can rescale the screen

[EeLeYe]

I just remembered I had a similar issue with my TV via HDMI.

When set to "Scan" it had a black border around the image, but after changing it to "16:9", the black border was gone.

Perhaps need to reset the monitor settings if you also have such an issue...

[oweban]

I'd played around with monitor settings but no dice, ATi panel fixed it but it was a lot of stuffing around to start with

Oh well, running a dual-link dvi cable now ;P Now to get myself a U2711...

[teinbits]

the gtx560 didnt have a hdmi slot >.< but i managed to find a DVI cable and it works like Magic!

been playing BF3 all night lol forgot to comment.

[oweban]

Good stuff dude, glad we could help